“Soy parte de este proceso histórico”. Sistematización de la experiencia de la implementación de la Comisión de la Verdad colombiana en el exilio

This article analyzes elements derived from systematizing the experience of the implementation of the Colombian Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition in Exile (CEV), particularly in Chile and Ecuador: 1) the importance of trust networks woven to advance in the process of articulating actions for the implementation of the CEV; 2) the reparative value for victims of the recognition made by the State and the society of their exile as a victimizing act 3) the importance of the psychosocial approach in the listening process. Through a qualitative and participatory method, the researchers made part of the CEV process, using narrative and collaborative psychosocial research tools, and experiencing, analyzing, and reflecting; they enlightened the senses and meanings that the process had in the participants. The results allow an understanding of how transitional mechanisms such as Truth Commissions may have a restorative effect on their participants.